Space.com is reporting that President Obama is abandoning NASA's plan to revisit the Moon. The directive that was put forward by President Bush in 2004, and put man back on the moon has been been placed on hold, in favor of focusing on the International Space Station.

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CAPE CANAVERAL — President Barack Obama will ask Congress to extend International Space Station operations through at least 2020 but abandon NASA's current plans to return U.S. astronauts to the moon, administration and NASA officials said Wednesday.

NASA since 2004 has invested $9 billion in developing the Constellation program's Ares I and Ares V rockets and the Apollo-style Orion crew capsule for missions to the moon, Mars and, in the event no commercial means becomes available, the International Space Station.

This all seems a little weird to me considering the apparent world space race that is in full swing. Hell, even Richard Branson is getting into orbit! 9 billion already spent on the missions, only to be scrapped? And why the focus on the Space Station? Interestingly enough, has anyone given any thought as to what they are doing on up there?

Far too many questions, but one think as always stuck with me. Why did we stop going to the moon in the mid 1970's? Its as if the Moon is currently off limits, and if so why?

Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, who rarely gives interviews and stays firmly out of the public eye, let slip these gems upon returning from the Moon:

Professor: What REALLY happened out there with Apollo 11?

Armstrong: It was incredible, of course we had always known there was a possibility, the fact is, we were warned off! (by the aliens) There was never any question then of a space station or a moon city.

Armstrong: I can't go into details, except to say that their ships were far superior
to ours both in size and technology - Boy, were they big!...and menacing! No, there is no question of a space station.

I will tell you what is going on, we as usual are sitting on this planet in the dark. While the highest or high ups in government, military, NASA, whatever you want to call it holds all the answers, just like they have for the last 150 years at least. This great country of our is hiding the truth from us because they think we are to stupid, or to much of a risk to know the truth. I say REVOLT! Find the truth demand the truth at all costs. Does it not say truth and justice are the AMERICAN way not the Russian way or Mexican way, no the American way. This is what this country was founded on TRUTH JUSTICE AND LIBERTY for all not just the ones who can afford it. We as a people deserve the right to knowledge, the ability to accept it, and the power to deny it if we so choose. I say let us stand and fight as one nation, this country has been dividing us for long enough between social standings, race, religion. It is funny as soon as the people over come something like racism, the government starts a new war, this time the war is on terrorism. Or at least they say we have to fight terror, or we ourselves be the terrorists, I call bologna.

I think we need to stand and stop getting lied to they killed to many good people that were going to stop it like 2pac he wanted to start he’s own nation. till he kept on opening he’s mouth about the government and how they tried to set him up for rape I think if we all stand to fight that we can do something to try to change it.